[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 30 (Monday, August 4, 2008)]
[Page 1087]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting 
Budget Amendments

August 1, 2008

Dear Madam Speaker:

    I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed amendments to my FY 2009 
Budget for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Health 
and Human Services, Homeland Security, the Interior, Labor, and State, 
as well as the Environmental Protection Agency. The amounts requested 
are fully offset by proposed reductions to other accounts.

    Overall, the discretionary budget authority proposed in my FY 2009 
Budget would not be increased by these proposed requests.

    The details of these amendments are set forth in the enclosed letter 
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

     Sincerely,

                                                George W. Bush